Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Qwen3.7 Plus
Gemini 3.6 Flash leads Qwen3.7 Plus on coding, 62.5 to 33.2 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Qwen3.7 Plus costs 2.9x less per output token ($1.28 vs $3.75 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 69 benchmarks have a result for both.
Gemini 3.6 Flash or Qwen3.7 Plus: which to pick
Pick Gemini 3.6 Flash for coding: it scores 62.5 on the Vibe Coding Index against 33.2 for Qwen3.7 Plus.
Pick Qwen3.7 Plus for output tokens 2.9x cheaper ($1.28 vs $3.75 per million).
- Shared results
- 69
- Gemini 3.6 Flash only
- 40
- Qwen3.7 Plus only
- 6
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash scores 62.5 against 33.2.
4 and 2 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash leads, 34.0 against 25.2.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash leads, 29.0 against 17.5.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Gemini 3.6 Flash has a GPQA Diamond result, 93.4%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Gemini 3.6 Flash has a MMLU Pro result, 89.3%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash leads, 1300 against 1269.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash takes 1.05M tokens against 1M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3.7 Plus
Gemini 3.6 Flash $0.0026, Qwen3.7 Plus $0.0010 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Gemini 3.6 Flash has the number, $1.49.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 3.6 Flash 62.5 from 4 benchmarks, Qwen3.7 Plus 33.2 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Coding, 15.1 points apart on average over 8 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- FrontierCode: Gemini 3.6 Flash 34.4% against Qwen3.7 Plus 10.2%, 37.2 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 3.6 Flash $3.75 against Qwen3.7 Plus $1.28 per million output tokens, 2.9x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 3.6 Flash takes 1.05M tokens, Qwen3.7 Plus 1M.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Bars | Qwen3.7 Plus | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 8 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 5 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 9 | 0 | ||
| Math | 4 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 5 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 7 | 0 | ||
| General | 29 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 69 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index80
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1538 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| AA Coding Index | 69.2 | 55.9 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 88.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 79.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 64.0% | 46.4% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 30.9% | 12.9% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 35.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 73.8% | 52.8% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 54.3% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 45.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| SciCode | 53.4% | 46.1% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 47.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| FrontierCode | 34.4% | 10.2% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| WeirdML | 56.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| ALE-Bench | 715.5 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1491 | 1473 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1492 | 1473 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1528 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1547 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1545 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| SciCode | 10.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 34.0 | 25.2 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 154.5 | 147.0 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 29.0 | 17.5 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1197 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1181 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1199 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | 1203 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | 1181 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | 1148 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1146 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | 1034 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 56.3% | 38.2% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 18.0% | 10.5% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 25.0% | 16.4% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 65.4% | 49.3% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 58.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 4.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 93.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| APEX-Agents | 46.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Not measured | 2.8% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index90
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 93.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 88.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 92.8% | 90.0% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 40.8% | 35.6% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 94.1% | 87.9% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| ARC-AGI | 91.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 60.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Chess puzzles | 42.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 30.0% | 17.0% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1486 | 1460 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1490 | 1466 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1484 | 1460 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1314 | 1292 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1314 | 1295 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 94.2% | 93.3% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 58.9% | 34.4% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 22.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| ProofBench | 36.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1508 | 1467 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1492 | 1470 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 89.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 86.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 63.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 74.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 67.6% | 66.2% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 53.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 66.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1489 | 1464 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1469 | 1464 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1479 | 1451 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1464 | 1435 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 65.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1300 | 1269 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1297 | 1261 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1263 | 1262 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1289 | 1276 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1272 | 1239 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1290 | 1269 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1208 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1281 | 1143 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index290
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 56.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 48.7% | 39.3% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 79.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Vals Multimodal Index | 65.1% | 53.9% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| IFBench | Not measured | 78.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 80.0% | 73.0% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| DTBench | 95.5% | 84.0% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMCA | 44.9% | 37.6% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Furniture assembly | 23.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text | 1480 | 1454 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1467 | 1439 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1466 | 1438 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Vision | 1299 | 1278 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: English | 1482 | 1458 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1470 | 1445 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1531 | 1509 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: German | 1480 | 1471 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1475 | 1412 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1429 | 1413 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: French | 1503 | 1472 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1476 | 1457 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1488 | 1457 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1473 | 1449 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1481 | 1459 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1475 | 1454 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1470 | 1437 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1456 | 1422 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1295 | 1280 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1357 | 1332 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1312 | 1288 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1289 | 1261 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1278 | 1258 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Document | 1456 | 1444 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3.7 Plus costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3.7 Plus costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3.7 Plus costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Google Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Qwen | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | July 21, 2026 | June 3, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.75 | $0.32 |
| Output $/Mtok | $3.75 | $1.28 |
| Coding index | 62.5 | 33.2 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 4 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | $1.49 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Qwen3.7 Plus for coding?
Pick Gemini 3.6 Flash for coding: it scores 62.5 on the Vibe Coding Index against 33.2 for Qwen3.7 Plus. Pick Qwen3.7 Plus for output tokens 2.9x cheaper ($1.28 vs $3.75 per million).
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Qwen3.7 Plus?
Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Plus costs $0.32 and $1.28. Cost per solved task is known for Gemini 3.6 Flash only.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Qwen3.7 Plus?
Gemini 3.6 Flash, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Qwen3.7 Plus comparison based on?
69 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Gemini 3.6 Flash's coding index rests on 4 independent benchmarks and Qwen3.7 Plus's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.